In 1975, Vietnam’s population was approximately 46 million. In the last 35 years since the end of the Vietnam War, despite the two child policy, the population almost doubled to an estimated 87 million people. Of which, approximately 53% of Vietnam’s population is under the age of 24. The rapid population growth impacts Vietnam’s social, health, economic, and education sectors. With such a large youth population, there is also an increasing need for the Vietnamese government to restructure its education system and infrastructure to accommodate the increase demand and strain on its pre-compulsory, compulsory, and post-compulsory (higher education) system. Through document analysis, this paper will briefly outline Vietnam’s higher education system, current reforms as outlined by the Higher Education Reform Agenda and some of the challenges the Vietnamese government and Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) may encounter while implementing those reforms, specifically regarding issues of governance.

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Publication Type: Panel PaperAbstract: In 1975, Vietnam’s population was approximately 46 million. In the last 35 years since the end of the Vietnam War, despite the two child policy, the population almost doubled to an estimated 87 million people. Of which, approximately 53% of Vietnam’s population is under the age of 24. The rapid population growth impacts Vietnam’s social, health, economic, and education sectors. With such a large youth population, there is also an increasing need for the Vietnamese government to restructure its education system and infrastructure to accommodate the increase demand and strain on its pre-compulsory, compulsory, and post-compulsory (higher education) system. Through document analysis, this paper will briefly outline Vietnam’s higher education system, current reforms as outlined by the Higher Education Reform Agenda and some of the challenges the Vietnamese government and Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) may encounter while implementing those reforms, specifically regarding issues of governance.